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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.148
বেদের নিগূঢ় অর্থ বুঝন না হয় ।
পুরাণ-বাক্যে সেই অর্থ করয় নিশ্চয় ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
vedera nigūḍha artha bujhana nā haya
purāṇa-vākye sei artha karaya niścaya
“The confidential meaning of the Vedas is not easily understood by common men; therefore that meaning is supplemented by the words of the Purāṇas.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Vedas have a confidential meaning.
That confidential meaning is not easily understood by common people.
The words of the Purāṇas supplement the Vedas to help explain that meaning.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In all the Vedas, the unlimited energies of the Absolute Truth have been accepted. It is also accepted that the Absolute Truth has His transcendental, blissful, eternal form.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing are you to receive help in understanding teachings that are not easily understood?
Write a brief reminder in your study notes: “The Purāṇas help explain the confidential meaning of the Vedas.”
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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